Knight Made in MIA Short Film Award
Marlie, a dutiful assistant who dreams of being the theater's next great actor, struggles to wrangle a flamboyant cast of characters for a closing performance of Las Amargas Lagrimas de Petra von Kant, their adaptation of Fassbinder's German text. Dealing with Margo, the theater's volatile director, is always challenging, but it's critically so when Marlie has to tell her that the main electric panel has collapsed just two hours before showtime and she had to call the only electrician who could fix the archaic apparatus: Frank, Margo's ex-husband.
Randy Valdes is a writer, director, and director of photography, who has premiered work at The Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and SXSW FilmFest, among others. In 2019, his first short film was acquired by HBO for national distribution.
Supported by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, sponsored by Oolite Arts and by FlixLatino and ViendoMovies available with Xfinity.